Expedited Discovery Allowed In Hacking, Identity Theft Case

SEATTLE - Two plaintiffs who allege a seven-year campaign of online harassment and identity theft by an unknown individual have sufficiently established that expedited discovery is warranted and necessary to pursue their claims against the Doe defendant, a Washington federal judge found Oct. 28, granting their ex parte motion (Ariel Chavan, et al. v. John Doe, No. 2:13-cv-01823, W.D. Wash.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154497).